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Find the force exerted by the water on a 2 m2 plane surface of a large stone placed at the bottom of a sea 500 m deep. Does the force depend on the orientation of the surface? Neglect the size of the stone in comparison to the depth of the sea.

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Water is filled in a rectangular tank of size 3 m×2 m×1 m.

a Find the total force exerted by the water on the bottom surface of the tank.

b Consider a vertical side of area 2 m×1 m. Take a horizontal strip of width δx m in this side, situated at a depth of x m from the surface of the water. Find the force by the water on this strip.

c Find the torque of the force calculated in part b about the bottom edge of this side.
d Find the total force by the water on this side.
e Find the total torque by the water on the side about the bottom edge. Neglect the atmospheric pressure and take g=10 m s-2.

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An ornament weighing 36 g in air, weighs only 34 g in water. Assuming that some copper is mixed with gold to prepare the ornament, find the amount of copper in it. Specific gravity of gold is 19.3 and that of copper is 8.9.
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An ornament weighing 36 g in air and weighs only 34 g in water. Assuming that some copper is mixed with gold to prepare the ornament, specific gravity of gold is 19.3 and that of copper is 8.9. Suppose, the goldsmith argues that he has not mixed copper or any other material with gold, rather some cavities might have been left inside the ornament. The volume of the cavities left that will allow the weights given in the problem is 0.1n5 cm3. Find the value of n.
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A metal piece of mass 160 g lies in equilibrium inside a glass of water. The piece touches the bottom of the glass at small number of points. If the density of the metal is 8000 kg m-3, find the normal force exerted by the bottom of the glass on the metal piece.
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A ferry boat has internal volume 1 m3 and weight 50 kg
a Neglecting the thickness of the wood, find the fraction of the volume of the boat immersed in water.
b If a leak develops in the bottom and water starts coming in, what fraction of the boat's volume will be filled with water before water starts coming in from the sides?
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A cubical block of ice floating in water has to support a metal piece weighing 0.5 kg. What can be the minimum edge of the block so that it does not sink in water? Specific gravity of ice =0.9.
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A cube of ice floats partly in water and partly in K.oil. Find the ratio of the volume of ice immersed in water to that in K.oil. The specific gravity of K.oil is 0.8 and that of ice is 0.9.

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A cubical box is to be constructed with iron sheets 1 mm in thickness. What can be the minimum value of the external edge so that the cube does not sink in water? Density of iron=8000 kg m-3 and density of water =1000 kg m-3.